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PEOPLE v. SAVORY

No. 88786.

756 N.E.2d 804 (2001)

197 Ill.2d 203

258 Ill.Dec. 530

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Johnny Lee SAVORY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied October 1, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore A. Gottfried, State Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defendant, Springfield, and Johnny Lee Savory, pro se, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Attorney, Peoria (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and Jay Paul Hoffmann, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Johnny Lee Savory, filed a motion in the circuit court of Peoria County pursuant to section 116-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/116-3 (West 1998)), in which he sought to obtain scientific testing of certain evidence introduced at his murder trial 20 years ago. The circuit court denied defendant's motion, and the appellate court affirmed. 309 Ill.App.3d...

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